Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
full Akasa perishes; and even the ancient visible
macrocosm becomes merged in the non-dual
Parameswara (the Supreme Lord) who is the
liberator from the delusion of Maya, the one
Reality above the reach of speech and mind and
the one Jnana completely devoid of any stains.‟
„People in this world die, ever being engaged in
such frivolous thoughts as the following „This time
is an auspicious one, this is the spring season (for
doing work), what is the best time favourable for
pilgrimage?, relatives only grace an occasion, I
cannot hereafter attain the like of the enjoyment I
had at such and such a time and such like.‟ If after
resolving within themselves to act out the lives of
the Great Wise Ones, they do not utilize the day for
this purpose, how can they expect to have sound
sleep at nights? Having centered all their affections
upon wife, children and wealth as if they were
nectar and having identified themselves with them,
they ever accumulate wealth for them. But if those
much longed-for things disappear through some
mishap, their sorrow knows no bounds. Having
vanquished all enemies, some men come into the
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